Tetrapturus

Tetrapturus

White marlin (Tetrapturus albidus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Istiophoridae
Genus:	Tetrapturus Rafinesque, 1810
Species
6, see text

Tetrapturus is a genus of marlins and spearfishes found in tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world. Some are popular in big-game fishing.

Species

Atlantic white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus).
Shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris).
Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax).
Mediterranean spearfish (Tetrapturus belone).
Roundscale spearfish (Tetrapturus georgii).
Longbill spearfish (Tetrapturus pfluegeri).

References

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). Species of Tetrapturus in FishBase. March 2008 version.
"Tetrapturus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=172498. Retrieved 3 March 2008.